The realities and complexities of strength coaching can mount up fast, with expectations for every team and every athlete remaining extremely high. As a result, staying organized, efficient and productive plays an outsized role in any program’s overall athletic success.
Earlier this year, CSCCa Monthly editors had the opportunity to sit down and discuss multiple topics around education with CSCCa Chief Science Officer (CSO) science officer Sandy Abney, MSCC, whose extensive resume crosses both disciplines and continents.
As a working adult, it can be hard to balance going back to school with full-time work and an active family life. Here are several different 100% online master’s programs offered by existing universities, with anytime, anywhere learning, so no matter your situation, you can advance your career with higher education.
If you unpack the word recovery, it takes on so many different meanings for so many different coaches and athletes. But what it boils down to is the human body’s ability to repair the damage done to it during strength training, conditioning exercises, endurance exercises, in-game play, and the mental expenditure that goes along with all of it. Advances in nutrition and technology continue to drive recovery optimization in elite athletes.
When Chuck and Becky Stiggins stepped away from the organization, the role and engagement level of the board of directors changed out of necessity. Ultimately, this increased engagement is going to be a huge part of the light that shows the way forward in the pivotal months and years to come.
Jeff Madden’s resume more than checks all the boxes required to have achieved this lofty status. Here’s a closer look at the life and career of 2022 Legend in the Field of Strength and Conditioning, Jeff “Maddog” Madden.
The amount of perseverance required to obtain this goal serves as a testament to its value in a profession where our service is often performed behind the scenes, year round, and rarely in the spotlight.
It is with great pride that I mentor Strength and Conditioning Coach Certified (SCCC) candidates every year to test for and earn the “gold standard” certification in strength and conditioning. The satisfaction of seeing these young people earn the SCCC certification and embark upon their full-time careers is a huge highlight for me.
I never knew what a strength and conditioning coach was until I stepped on campus at Indiana University (IU) and began my rowing career. In those four years, a man I never knew existed pulled something out of me that I had never in my life recognized up until that point. I, a shy, introverted freshmen was thrown onto a team with 70 strong, fearless women. “Sink or swim Lanie, you better find a way to keep up,” is what went through my head.
Being a mentor, especially in the strength and conditioning coaching profession, means a lot. Sometimes, we must answer the call of duty to help those coaches who look up to us. They look to us for solutions. They need our knowledge and experience to help them solve problems they have never faced and avoid pitfalls they didn’t know were there.
Hello CSCCa coaches, sponsors, exhibitors and guests, welcome to the 2022 CSCCa National Conference! We are excited about our first totally in-person event since 2019. We are happy you are here and are certain you will have a great experience! We assembled what we believe is an all-star speaker line up and are incredibly happy that our generous sponsors and exhibitors have come together to help provide a conference experience that is second to none.
For a growing number of collegiate strength and conditioning coaches, a critical difference maker in gaining a competitive advantage has arisen with the use of innovative devices easily incorporated into an athlete’s workout to measure, track and analyze data gleaned through Velocity Based Training (VBT).
